I just fclone'd the JDK7 source tree and am running through the build
process.
I'm running into a build failure if ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH is not set.
This variable is not discussed in README-builds.html but is mentioned in
jdk/make/README.
The build failure is the same as here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00273.html
It gets a short way into the build and dies while compiling idlj. In
the followup discussion Kelly wrote that this variable shouldn't need to
be set. I did download the matching binary plug and
ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH is set to where that's unpacked. ALT_BOOTDIR is
set to my Java6 install.
This message
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00275.html
suggests a possible fix but I tried that and it made no difference.
I downloaded the full JDK7 bundle, unpacked it, set ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH
to it, and now the build is going. But I think this shouldn't be
necessary --- In
http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJdkBuilds/JDK+Glossary+of+Terms
It's said this variable is used for importing stuff during a partial
build. But in this case I'm at the root of a full forest and typing
"make all".
